Cumbria in Bloom

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WELCOME TO CUMBRIA IN BLOOM

The County’s premier campaign to encourage people to work together in their own area, show pride and keep it clean and welcoming.

About

Linked closely to the guidelines of the RHS Britain in Bloom campaign we arrange competitions, support the RHS “It’s Your Neighbourhood” assessment scheme, run a Schools Gardening Competition and one for tourism businesses. And to cap it all we nominate finalists into Britain in Bloom for national recognition.

Use the arrows to scroll through our competitions

Main Competition

A competition with entry categories to take account of population size so that all communities can
RHS It’s Your Neighbourhood

Open to volunteer led groups that are improving their local environment through gardening and environmental activities
School’s Gardening

Most children love messing about in gardens. This competition encourages schools to show how gardening benefits
Tourism

Cumbria Tourism welcomes quality and appearance. This competition judges entries from different categories on how they

Recent Winners

With so many great achievers it's hard to summarise only a few for individual recognition, so for 2017, we are highlighting the four communities that will represent Cumbria in the Britain in Bloom finals this October. For all winners see the results on our competition pages.

Kendal – Large Town

Congratulations to Kendal in ‘Large Town’ category for their slot representing Cumbria in the Britain in Bloom finals
Penrith – Business Improvement District

Congraluations to Penrith in the Business Improvement district for their slot representing Cumbria in the Britain
Silloth – Coastal Community

A huge well done to Dalston in the ‘Large Village’ category for securing their slot representing Cumbria in
Dalston – Large Village

A huge well done to Dalston in the ‘Large Village’ category for securing their slot representing Cumbria in

As a registered charity we are a group of volunteers who believe that if you appreciate where you live you will want to work with others to make a difference and show pride. Cumbria in Bloom started out decades ago when life was simpler and councils had resources to put into all sorts of maintenance and horticultural projects. Competitive entries were received from many communities of all sizes keen to get awards at an annual ceremony.

Today the purpose is the same but the emphasis is on recognising that if you want to feel proud of where you are it is likely individuals or groups will get together to make things happen. Cumbria in Bloom seeks to engage with communities…

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